My question: Now that MA has legalized medical marijuana, do you think we might get some clinical trials and research into medical applications? I'm sure the funding is not really there, which is a shame. Medical marijuana may have a lot of potential, but like any other drug it really should be tested and researched so that the appropriate dosing and administration is determined by condition.

Edit: reasoning behind this question is the number of incredibly prestigious hospitals and universities in MA.

Watched the votes on tv & politico. Waiting to find out how many votes my stepdad DID get (he didnt win) in the office he was seeking. Knew he'd won last night before bed, but it didn't really feel like much of a win before this morning. I guess I needed time for stuff to sink in.

I have to admit, the news of two states legalizing pot, four states voting in popular referendum in favor of marriage equality, the first lesbian senator, and Puerto Rico voting to join us kind of overshadowed Obama's reelection for me. Possibly because Nate Silver's been saying all along that he was going to win, whereas all this stuff came as a surprise. These broader, state-based changes are probably more significant for progressivism than just the reelection is. Although the fact that we dodged the potential bullet of RMoney-appointed Supreme Court Justices is kind of a big deal, too...

That was a hell of a speech, too. Climate Change, strident support of multiculturalism and equality, gay rights, open talk of workers uniting and supporting each other (which I can't help but think of as a jab at Ryan's Ayn Rand fandom)... Obama's pretty centrist, but damn, that was a really overtly leftist speech.

we voted in a bisexual atheist congresswoman in my district and i couldnt be happier. that feels like the real victory for me as she is someone whom ive watched the past 5 or so years on PBS roundtables and i feel like i finally have a real voice in politics